A legal dispute within the Buss family continues in Los Angeles Superior Court as several siblings file additional paperwork related to the sale of the family’s remaining stake in the Los Angeles Lakers. The latest filings come as Jeanie Buss, the Lakers’ acting governor, pursues steps tied to the family trust and the siblings’ roles as trustees.
Multiple outlets report that five Buss siblings oppose Jeanie Buss’s efforts involving trust governance, including challenges to her petition to oust them as trustees. Separate coverage also states that Janie and Joey Buss ask the court to dismiss Jeanie Buss’s claim that the family trust cannot sell the Lakers shares without her consent.
Outlets characterize the filings as part of an ongoing effort to move forward with selling the family’s 17.82% interest in the franchise. Forbes and Yahoo Sports also describe a specific additional 29-page response submitted to the court, while The Athletic and ESPN focus on the broader trust and trustee-removal contest. Across reports, the procedural focus remains on competing legal arguments over trustee authority and whether Jeanie Buss’s consent is required for the sale.
